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. H. MAYER.

STOCK RECORD. N0.'345,519. Patented July 13, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TO A. M. MAYER,

on sAME PLACE.

STOCK-RECORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,519, dated July 13,1886.

Application filed June 13,1884. Serial No. 131.750.

7 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN MAYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock} Records; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a ready means of keepingaccounts in any business of such stock as is delivered to customers andis to be returned. In the bottling business, bottles of ale, beer, ormineral water are put in cases, which cases are delivered to thecustomers, and are, with the bottles, to be returned when the beveragehas been consumed. Each case has a number, and that number is chargedagainst the customer, and the case must be returned by him. For eachcase I provideja check bearing the same number as the case, and to eachcustomer I assign a number, and have for him a check bearing thatnumber, or as many checks with his number as he is likely to ever havecases. I have a board on which the case-cheeks hang in numerical order,and when a customer takes'a case I put the casecheck at the customersplace and put his per sonal check at the place where the case-checkwould ordinarily han By this arrangement it can quickly be told how manycases are in the customers hands and how many are in stock.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a view of the tally-board. Fig. 2 showsthe personal check. Fig. 3 shows the stock-check.

The board, as shown in the drawings, is made in three parts, two ofwhich are hinged to the third, so that they can be closed over it likedoors and locked; but the board can be made in two or any other numberof parts. The main or larger board is for the stock, and is divided intoas many divisions as there are cases, and at each divisionis stamped orpaint ed its number. In the drawings I have shown ten of such divisionslengthwise but, generall y, boards will be made with one hundred suchdivisions longitudinally and fifty vertically, thus holding fivethousand checks; but any 0 size can be used.

The stock or case check is shown in Fig. 3,

(No model.)

and has its number plainly stamped upon it, the one shown in thedrawings being No. 206. Figures from 1 to 31 are stamped upon its facein a circle near its periphery, and there is an 5 5 inner circle offigures from 1 to 12. In the center are pivoted two hands of unequallength the shorter one for the inner numbers, from 1 to 12, and thelonger one for the outer circle of numbers,from 1 to 31. The longer handis 6 designed to point to the day of the month, and the shorter one tothe number of the month itself. Fig. 3 as arranged designates fourthmonth, twenty-first day, or April 21. If desired, the names of themonths or their abbre- 6e; viations can be stamped,instead of thefigures from 1 to 12. The hands are so pivoted that they can be easilymoved, but so that they will remain in any positionthat they may beplaced. On the swinging portions of the board I have divisions forthenames of the customers. These can be made so that the names writtenon cardboard can be inserted or withdrawn, or the names of permanentcustomers can be painted on the board; or a part can be slated, so thatthe names may be written with crayon. Each customer has a number paintedupon the board, and opposite his name and number are divisions withpins, nails, or hooks, upon which hang checks bearing the same number.If B. J No. 1, receives case No. 2, the case check No. 2 is taken fromits place,tl1e indexhands placed so as to mark the date of delivery,andhung upon one of the hooks opposite the name of B. J and the personalcheck bear- 8 ing the figure 1 is placed upon the hook or nail fromwhich has just been taken the casecheck No.2. If the number of customersis very large,onl y two hooks are really necessary at each name, on oneof which are hung the 0 personal checks and on the other the checks forthe cases, which he has possession of; but

it is better to have as many hooks at his name as he is likely to havecases, so that ata glance there can be seen how many cases he has; and 5if the checks are all uncovered it can be readily told by theindex-hands when he has had a case an unreasonable length of time. Thepersonal checks, Fig. 2, may be made of pasteboard or slate, so that anynumber desired can be written upon it and readily obliterated. Thecustomers may be arranged in any convenient order, either as they becomepurchasers or in the order in which they do business on the streets orroutes of carriers, or they may be arranged alphabetically; but it ismore con- Venicnt to arrange them in their order on routes of carriers,in which case an alphabetical index is necessary,which may be upon thecenter or any other part of the stock-board. If the proprietor desiresto know how many cases any customer-has, he finds his name on the indexand then refers to his number. One division among the customers namesmay be devoted to repairs, and any case that is sent out to be repaired,altered, or painted can have its number hung opposite that division, andthe division-cheek put in place of the stock-check. 11' goon-holes orany other reeep' tacles may be used in place of hooks or nails. Anyarticles of any kind which may be either loaned or leased out and whichare to be re- A board having two sets of spaces and cheek'supportingdevices, in combination with time-indicating means and two sets ofchecks, one set indicating the articles and the other the names ofpersons to be charged therewith, said checks being adapted to besuspended in said spaces, and said board being provided with an index,substantially as set forth.

HERMAN MAYER,

\Vitnesses:

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